SINGER • SONGWRITER • MUSICIAN
SINGER • SONGWRITER • MUSICIAN
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Meet Gibson
When people think of Kentucky, horse racing, good bourbon and great country music immediately come to mind. Two out of those three are firmly woven into the DNA of rising artist Gibson Wright. A second-generation country crooner whose family is also immersed in horse racing, Wright spent his formative years watching his father perform from the comfort of his guitar case, but an interesting twist gave the aspiring artist a tool in his arsenal that other country vocalists don’t possess, and it is setting him apart from other young hopefuls vying for attention.
Born in Lexington, KY and raised near the state capitol of Frankfort, Wright was a bright, precocious child who began reading at two-years-old and developed an interest in singing soon after. “I grew up in country music with my dad,” he recalls. “I would always go to the shows—or to the ones that I was allowed to get into—and I loved it. I was always passionate about music from a young age.”
His dad was a popular attraction on the Derby Train that carried folks from the state Capitol to Louisville for the running of the Kentucky Derby and young Gibson was in the middle of all the excitement. He also has fond memories of singing with his grandmother in church. “My grandmother was the church organist, and we were always in church,” he recalls. “I was always singing or sitting with her while she was playing and that is where my passion for music really started.”
In addition to music, his family is also involved in horse racing. “My dad has owned a company called Wright’s Racing for most of my life,” he says. “He’s raced harness horses, the ones with the buggy, and we’ve raced all over the country.”
Though proud of his family’s contributions to the racing world, music was his priority and Wright was always looking for a chance to sing. Mentored by a gifted choir teacher during middle school, he began exploring the full range of what he could do with his impressive vocal skills. “He picked me out to do a solo in sixth grade and I was off to the races,” Wright says with a big smile. “I started there and went to All-State Choir. In high school, I started doing a lot of individual performances of classical music and that led to a full-ride scholarship at Western Kentucky University singing opera.”
Wright’s vocal skills led to performances all over the United States as well as Canada and a tour of Spain. He was cast in some of the most well-known operas in prestigious venues around the world and he could have easily enjoyed a successful career as an opera virtuoso, but there was just one problem. Gibson Wright has always been a country singer at heart.
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“I had a really great career in classical music, but I changed course,” Wright says. When his beloved grandfather began battling colon cancer, Wright opted to come off the road to be closer to home and family. “I pivoted. I got my master’s in business administration at UK and started working for Lockheed Martin.”
Even with a flourishing day job, Wright continued to pursue his country music dreams. He began performing locally and making trips to Nashville where he caught the attention of industry vets John Dorris and Mike Kraski.
As he readies his debut album, Wright is quickly garnering fans with his strong evocative voice and penchant for delivering substantive songs that linger with the listener long after the last note has wafted away. The influence of Alan Jackson, Josh Turner and George Strait reverberates through his traditional style yet there’s a fresh innovative element he brings to his brand of country that was forged on some of the world’s most coveted stages.
Wright’s unique gift with a lyric is on full display with “I’m Gonna Lie,” a truthful treatise on honesty in a relationship. Wright’s deep resonant voice soars on the upbeat anthem. “You don’t ever want to lie to somebody, but you don’t ever want to hurt somebody’s feelings either, so you tip-toe that fine line of navigating certain situations especially when it comes to a partnership in life,” he says with a grin. “If you put me in a place between a rock and a hard place, baby I ain’t going to lie, I’m going to lie. That’s the hook. It’s so clever and I think a lot of people are going to really going to connect with that one.”
“Raising Humans” is a poignant ballad about man’s best friend that is sure to leave listeners in tears. “I love that song. It turns you on your head,” he says. “That song is going to hurt some people in a good way. It’s taking you on a journey and it’s real. It’s authentic storytelling and if you’ve ever owned a pet, you know how that feeling is. Pets are family.”
“Wait Until it Pours” finds Wright wrapping his velvet voice around a fiddle-laced song that sounds like an instant classic. “It’s about two guys in a bar, a young man and an old man. One is telling a story to the other, and says, ‘I just had my heart broken,’ the older man is like, ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet.’ It’s got this flare to it that sounds like Jamey Johnson and it has really nice highs in it that contrast. I’m super excited about that one.”
With one listen to Gibson Wright’s rich powerful voice, it’s obvious he’s been blessed with a unique gift, and he could have chosen any musical genre to use that instrument. But country music is in his blood and it’s where his heart has always been. “I hope that my music will give people a warmth,” he says. “Maybe they’ll feel something in my music that they could take away and it will influence their life in a positive way.”